Also, how is this the biggest race of the year? This is sort of boring, really

This was my 25th 500.. and probably one of the more boring. I dont know what the deal was with grip and cars, but there was no real on track passing. The cars all had horrible aero push, and when they got close to the car in front they slid high. When they had worn tires (18-23 laps) and got close to a car in front, they slid up and then crashed. Rinse, lather, repeat.